Hong Kong Med J 2023;29(Suppl 3):S43-7
Effect of feeding methods on intestinal microbiota of Chinese infants: abridged secondary publication
KYW Lok1, JLL Teng2, H el-Nezami3, M Tarrant4, PPH Chau1, P Ip5, PCY Woo2
1 School of Nursing, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
2 Department of Microbiology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
3 School of Biological Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
4 School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
5 Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
 
 
  1. Breastmilk-fed infants have fewer pathogenic bacteria and more beneficial bacteria in intestinal microbiota than formula-fed infants.
  2. Direct and expressed breast milk feeding results in significantly fewer pathogenic bacteria in infants at 6 weeks of age.
  3. Breastfeeding regardless of feeding mode (direct or expressed) is a modifiable factor that affects the infant gut microbiome and has potential short-term and long-term consequences for infant health later in life.